This is where we all make love to the sweet & salty sounds of Ghostland Observatory.



They're playing an 18+ show at Schubas on Monday, April 23rd. All princes and paupers urged to attend.

i was just coming here to post this topic...

...for all of you on this SOMB, seriously, if you haven't seen them before...do yourself a favor and see this band live!

Interview with Ghostland Observatory

Oh. These guys are wonderful, both on recording and of course live. i have nothing to say that hasn't been said before... But this is a damn good band.

one of the best live acts around. possibly the best frontman in rock today.




on record, meh.

I'm the biggest fangirl for GLO eva! Just ask RoBKoz or Yancy. It's true. Now y'all get yer asses to this show! Come dance with me!

RoBKoz and I were like giddy little school girls all day after getting the news. haha.

Here, have some songs:

Rich Man
Silver City

And yes, dr.jimmy, Aaron is an amazing frontman. The dude has got the moves! After the first Abbey Pub show he put his arm around me and told some girls I was from Austin to keep them from buggin' him. That was the highlight of the night for me. haha. Fangirl nerd.

The singer looks like someone you'd see mulling around an indian reservation...

i'm still giddy, but w/ far less coffee in my system

Here he is doing a rain dance:



And more sleep, I hope.

I totally should have drunk dialed Thomas last night. haha.

SILVER CITY!!!!

(just played on KEXP - Live from SXSW)

Coincidentally, I just bought my ticket for this show a few minutes ago. Abbey was fairly packed last time; they could sell out Schubas in advance.

seriously, is there a better frontman in rock today?


the answer is "no."

I hate to pull this lame old "fixed" shit, but fixed all the same. Aaron from Ghostland has a strong hold on second place.

Wait, why did I reply to disagree with DrJimmy when he actually praised a band I love? Forget I said anything.

i had to look up some Ark performances. i can't judge fairly because i've seen Aaron up close.

ola seems more about camp, aaron is pure sex....both have great voices, i didn't see ola belt it out the way aaron can, but it sounds like he might be able to. ola's got a clever sense of drama, aaron's got moves that ola dreams about.

You'd have to see Ola in person. That's all I can say without becoming even more of a gay fanboy.

gay is the operative word. i don't know of another frontman in rock who projects as much pure macho sex as aaron does. the drummer from dfa1979 was close, i guess.

I'm not normally much of a music blarg reader, but I found a link to some Ghostland mashups (one Ghostface, one Kelis) via Schubas.com. Here they be: http://gorillavsbear.blogspot.com/2007/04/...dy-get-low.html

There's also a Ratatat/Chamillionaire mashup. Yay blargs!

Awesome. Can't wait to get home to hear this. grassy-ass.

just have to say...

i'm not even kidding how amazing that show was on monday night...you really need to trust me when i say that "YOU MUST SEE THEM LIVE!" the next time they come to chicago or wherever you may be from

RobKoz knows of what he speaks. I've never seen Schubas shake and shimmy like that. Aaron remains one of the very best frontmen in music today. There wasn't a dry crotch in the house.

our little buddies are starting to get some more pub...there was a small 1-page feature on them in the Amy Winehouse issue of SPIN.

Awesome. One day we'll be all like, "remember when they asked me to help them find a place to play in Chicago because no one would have them and now Thomas doesn't even return my phone calls. Mr. Bigstuff." Haha. One day, perhaps.

Maybe I should try to call him now and see what happens. I'll tell him RoBKoZ says "hi!"

edit: I should clarify that I haven't called him since they played the Abbey Pub. It's tempting though.

I plan on catching them at lolla.

They are playing an after Lolla party at Schubas! I just about wet myself when I read it on Schubas website.

Wait, did I know this? Too many shows!

they are playing tonight in Austin, and yet I have no incontinence issues.

Haha. Well, you must not be an obsessive fangirl like I am.

or equally obsessive fanboy

schubas show sold out...

...if you're not seeing them there or at lolla...your loss

Amen, brother. I'm super excited. Tomorrow will be one of the greatest days ever for so many reasons!

It'll be super super great if I get out of traffic court in time for their 12:30 set at Lolla.

lolz! DUI?

I can't drive forty-five.

Thank god its not a DUI. You're a lucky bastard.

I drive more carefully when I'm drunk. That's just common sense.

Most people don't have common sense when they're drunk. You're special.

Never listened to them before but checking them out on myspace now. Def. plan on seeing them. There are a few bands this weekend that I've never even heard, but heard great things about, so for sure checking them out.

Edit:

These guys sound great, bet they're great live.

this band better deliver the goods tomorrow. if they don't, well, i don't know what i will do.

I'm done persuading you. Tomorrow you'll see and then you'll thank me.

if this band really impresses me, i will thank RoboKoz for trying to get me in to them for so long

haha. shut up.

haha...it's only fair...i mean, i did see & hear of them first even though there are no ghostland digits in my cell

I saw this "band of musicians" last year and was appalled by how awful they were. I'll give them another chance, but the last band to work a cape well was...I can't even remember their name. they opened for New Pornographers at the Abbey years ago.

nm

i've always thought that you had good, all-around taste...how can you not appreciate how awesome these guys are? definitely, give them another chance.

i'll admit that, initially, their recorded stuff didn't blow me away, but the live element of these guys is very unique and amazing, and it gave me an added visual to appreciate their 2 CDs and now I wait for the new stuff...i've seen a lot of bands in my life and ghostland completely live up to the hype that i place upon them...and i don't just recommend any old random band/artist.

the word is just gonna continue spreading...from a $6 show at abbey pub in Aug 2006 w/ prob 100 people tops...to $10 abbey pub in October 2006 with more than double cuz word was spreading...to a sold out Schubas in April 2007...and another sold out show tomorrow night for an after-party show...this is how it works...

I'll try. But man...all I did was laugh at those guys when I saw 'em previously.

What?? Have we discussed this? Did you see them at or prior to SXSW in 2006? Otherwise, you're crazy.


Knowing what I know about your taste I really wouldn't expect you to like them. Doesn't seem like your thing to me.

lol...i think we both saw 'em for the first time at that abbey pub show in august...

...but that doesn't make me less crazy



just got a text from someone seeing them for the 1st time at lolla...

and it reads, "they r awesome!"

I believe in you guys. That's why I'll be there tonight.

that person obviously stoned and or drunk.